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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6194017 | Dough punch and method of use An apparatus and method easily and quickly produce multiple holes in a dough layer. An apparatus according to the invention includes a top portion, a number of pins supported by the top portion in a fixed pattern, and a base portion having a number of hol... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6133359 | Non-stick coatings A non-stick coating composition comprising fluorocarbon resins and from 5 to 25% by weight of refractory fibers. The composition preferably additionally includes a liquid medium in which the fibers are dispersed and the fluorocarbon is dispersed. The comp... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131728 | Belt joint cover The invention provides a cover for an over-lapping conveyor belt joint. The cover prevents gaps between the belts at the joint and draws the bolt heads into a recess on the underside of the joint, thereby reducing belt jump as the bolt heads pass over the... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6129678 | System of noninvasively determining a patient's susceptibility to arrhythima A system for detecting a patient's susceptibility to arrhythmias and cardiac tissue abnormality is disclosed. The system consists of a computer, a display software loaded onto the computer that generates graphical user interfaces (GUIs), an electronic int... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127924 | Security system capable of locating a stolen car A security system includes a control center, a controller installed in a car, a plurality of base stations installed in gas stations and houses, and a releaser. When a car owner finds that his/her car has been stolen, he/she can make a telephone call to t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6117247 | Aloe vera gel extracting apparatus The present invention relates to an aloe vera gel extracting apparatus, which consists of a body, a transmission system, a peeling device and a driving mechanism, characterizing in that transmission system comprises an upper and a lower part, with the upp... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118538 | Method and apparatus for electronic component lead measurement using light based sensors on a component placement machine The present invention is a light based detection system for providing a low cost, very fast and very accurate measurements of lead positions and heights for integrated circuit board components. The alignment detections systems of the present invention are... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6115638 | Medical electrode with conductive release liner An electrode system includes a release liner separating a pair of electrodes. The release liner includes a first portion having electrically conductive and non-stick characteristics and a second portion having electrically non-conductive and non-stick cha... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6110886 | Solid cast fabric softening compositions for application in a washing machine The invention is based on the discovery of the fabric softening ability of fatty amines and dimethyl fatty amine oxides for washer based applications. These amine softeners are combined with other ingredients to form the softening compositions. The soften... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108197 | Flexible wearable computer A wearable computing device includes computing-device component modules and flexible circuitry passing into the modules. The modules can include a top module portion and a bottom module portion, the flexible circuitry passing between the top and bottom po... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6106186 | Modular portable stage system A modular portable stage and floor system uses a small number of standardized modular components to construct a temporary or permanent platform that is easily adaptable to a wide variety of platform designs. The modular standardized components include a s... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6101413 | Circuit detectable pediatric defibrillation electrodes Defibrillator electrodes having an identification element and a circuit which indicates to an AED the weight range of the patient being rescued. When the AED detects the presence of pediatric electrodes, it may select a different set of voice prompts that... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100823 | Single sensor position encoder providing two levels of resolution A rotor position encoder is provided for an electrical machine having a rotor and a stator, the encoder including a coded disc having teeth of widths that vary in a repeating sequence and being arranged to rotate with the rotor past a sensor which outputs... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6097607 | Flexible computer system A computing device unit includes an upper casing, at least one integrated chip module electrically mounted on an interior side of the upper casing, a lower casing selectively engageable with the upper casing, and a flexible circuity ribbon extending throu... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6093993 | Set of laminations for a switched reluctance machine A switched reluctance machine has a stator or rotor lamination with pole arcs that are wider than necessary to fulfill the starting requirement of producing torque in the required direction at every rotor angle. On this lamination, preferably the rotor la... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092057 | Unattended POS system for automatic control of bank system rejections An automatic process for use in point-of-sale credit card or debit card systems for taking corrective action based on information returned from the banking system and/or the point-of-sale system. The automatic process replaces the human clerk as the inter... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6091170 | Starting of single-phase motors A rotor position transducer for an electronically commutated electric motor has a vane mounted to rotate with the rotor and a pair of sensors, according to one embodiment. One sensor has an output coincident with positions of zero torque. The other sensor... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085861 | Collapsible portable acoustic tower The acoustic tower of the present invention is a portable, acoustic tower that has both a performance position and a storage position. In the storage position, a canopy panel lies substantially parallel proximate an upper panel, both of which are hingedly... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085468 | Truss for fabric covered buildings and the like The present invention provides a strong yet lightweight truss which could be used in many applications, and is adapted particularly to a support framework for those fabric covered structures utilizing a fabric stretched over the top of the supporting fram... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085458 | Lawn edging An edging member is provided. The edging member includes generally planar first and second elements and means for pivotally joining the edging member to an adjacent edging member. The first and second elements are generally transversely joined to each oth... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6088110 | Digital range sensor system A digital range sensor comprises a light source, an optical element to focus the light from the source down to a small spot on a target, a second optical element that is mounted obliquely from the source axis, and a prism mounted on a multi-element detect... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6088616 | Field programmable automated external defibrillator An automated external programmable defibrillator (AED) with the ability to perform operational self-tests, determine whether a patient is undergoing cardial defibrillation, deliver an electrical defibrillation pulse, store data pertaining to the self-test... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6087799 | Switching circuit for a reluctance machine A switching circuit for a reluctance machine includes one or more half-bridge converter modules including serially connected switches connected between power rails +Vdc and -Vdc. A pair of capacitors are also connected between the po... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6083246 | Lid open detection circuit for automated external defibrillators A lid open detection circuit for powering ON an automated external defibrillator having a housing and an openable lid formed in the housing, generally incorporates a switch that has a first state for powering ON the AED when the openable lid is open and a... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6082597 | Dispenser for viscous material A dispenser for a single cartridge has a yoke pivotably mounted on a stock. The yoke has a square-section open end and a circular section closed end. One flat side on the square section end provide an abutment for defining the closed position of the yoke.... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6079061 | Diversion device between a faucet and shower head A diversion device between a faucet and a shower head comprises a hollow assembling seat jointed by a pair of water pipes: one for cold water and the other for hot water, and is used to shut off the source water as well divert it either to a shower head o... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6079563 | Container for compressors and other goods A container, for storing products such as automobile compressors, made from a single piece of material, preferably corrugated fiber, and assembled by folding along score lines and secured by engaging tongue and matching groove members to form a top, a bot... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6073052 | Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease A lower esophageal sphincter tightening device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease which includes an insertion device, an energy source, and an energy transmitting device. The insertion device, by insertion through a body opening, positions the e... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6070400 | Forage wrapping device and method A bale wrapper includes a frame with a leading end having steerable wheels and a transport pole connected to the steerable wheels, a trailing end with braked wheels, and a central portion. A bale-loading deck adjacent the leading end includes spaced-apart... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6072260 | Noise reduction in reluctance machines In a switched reluctance machine, the air gap between aligned rotor and stator poles is defined to have an inner region of substantially uniform length and outer regions of increasing length. The outer regions are flanked by extension portions on one or b... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6068329 | Rear-impact underride protector A mountable underride protector for absorbing energy generated by a collision between vehicles, through deformation, includes a crushable link, a horizontal barrier member depending therefrom, or both. The horizontal barrier member and crushable link are ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6067918 | Soil contacting finger wheel A finger wheel adapted to follow behind and/or beside a furrow opener at varying angles to the vertical and to the direction of travel. The finger wheel is useful for covering a furrow with loose soil to retain gaseous material such as anhydrous ammonia i... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6066787 | Hybrid sunflower plant and seed PAN 9501 According to the invention there is provided a hybrid sunflower seed and plant, designated PAN 9501. Further provided are regenerable tissue, callus and sunflower plants regenerated from the regenerable tissue and callus. Also provided is a process of pro... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6066074 | Exercise apparatus and method An exercise machine includes a switched reluctance motor which drives a moveable surface upon which a user can exercise. A controller which is responsive to sudden load changes on the moveable surface controls the torque developed by the motor substantial... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6064911 | Device using both HVPC and NMS electrotherapy An electrotherapy device which provides neuromuscular and high voltage pulsed galvanic physiological stimulation and includes a common cabling assembly and a common electrode assembly for simultaneously accommodating the neuromuscular and high voltage pul... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6064191 | Current transducer and current-monitoring method A current transducer includes a current transformer in which the conductor carrying the current to be monitored constitutes the primary. The transformer secondary is wound on a toroidal core. The transformer is operated below its cut-off frequency such th... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6064909 | Water resistant speaker port for automated external defibrillators An automated external defibrillator (AED) having a housing and an openable lid with a water resistant speaker port formed in the housing below the openable lid. A water resistant fabric is attached underneath the speaker port to resist water passing into ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6058949 | Vacuum transfer system and method for food grade product A cleaning apparatus for cleaning and sanitizing a tank, the tank for holding liquid food grade product, the liquid food grade product being transferred into and out of the tank by means of vacuum, the tank having a vacuum transfer system for transferring... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6057966 | Body-carryable display devices and systems using E.G. coherent fiber optic conduit A body-mountable display device includes an image source for producing an image, an image transmission device including at least one optically-transmissive fiber, the image transmission device being mountable on the body of a user, projection optics for r... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6054697 | Pizza pan shielding systems and methods Pizza pan shielding systems and methods generally include one or more of the following: a pan, a bottom shield, a top shield, and a ring shield. Each of these elements preferably incorporates a plurality of perforations. The size, location and density of ... | 04/25/2000 |
